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I really hate setting an alarm when on holidays but we have done it a lot on this trip. We had booked a 9am tour of Antoni Gaudí’s buildings today so we walked to Placa de Catalunya to meet our guide. We booked again with Barcelona Guide Bureau and our tour guide was Arthur who was very knowledgeable on all things Gaudí.

Our first stop was Casa Batlló, a house owned by the Batlló family who in ...

... said Gaudi In 4D. I had a discount voucher ( which I got on the hop on hop off tour) so decided to check it out. It was a 10 minute simulator ride following the inspiration behind Gaudi's work, covering his most famous masterpieces - Sagrada Familia, Casa Mila ( Le Pedera), Casa Batllo. It took you through a journey through Barcelona in 1884 through the scenery of trees and nature ( inspired Sagrada) to the battle between the soldiers (where you can see helmets of the soldiers ...

... to the plaza on her last trip to Barcelona and it was a good decision as it was a pretty open area with restaurants lining all edges. We found another supermercat to stop at and got more Hairbo root beer bottles, we had accidentally eaten the other packages and needed some for Cathy and Torrea, and another beer, this time a Barcelona Beer Company beer that was more like American craft beer and was pretty enjoyable. After getting back to the hotel we relaxed a bit before heading out ...

There is a fee to enter and your ticket is a chocolate bar! This museum takes you on the journey of chocolate - how it was discovered, used as currency by the Aztecs 10 beans for a rabbit and 100 for a slave. There are vivid descriptions of its use as a medicine, aphrodisiac and even as paint by some artists. Throughout the museum are rather large scenes made wholly from chocolate. We were fortunate to visit during a chocolate construction competition. Some ...

... the end of it in Germany. I won’t bore you with the details of how I did that or any of my other adventures, never having had any significant financing or innate abilities to speak of to do any of it! But just know if an ordinary gal like me can figure this out, you certainly can too!!

So throw away your boxes and your molds and do some unconstrainted, unrestrainted, joyous brainstorming! I look forward to reading your adventurous travelpods next!! Even if you are ...